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VEHICLE TOP CURTAIN.

No 88 ,591 Patented Aug. 28-, 1888.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. SHAUBAOH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

VEHICLE-TOP CURTAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,591, dated Augustzfl 1888.

Application filed March 8,1888. Serial No. 266,529. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. SHAUBAOH, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vehicle- Top Curtains, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide top carriages and similar vehicles with curtains which can be quickly adjusted to close in the top, and when not needed can be raised easily and completely out of the way.

The invention consists of a novel construction and combination of parts, substantially as hereinafter described,and as distinctly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin all the figures.

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional elevation of the upper part of a vehicle-top provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional plan view on the line a: m, Fig. 1 Fig.

4. is a detail sectional plan view of the lineyy,

Fig. 2.

A A designate the opposite side rails of a vehicle-body; B, the roof; 0, the roof-supporting posts rising from the upper edge of the side rails A A; D, the cross-braces connecting the upper ends of corresponding posts 0 and supporting the roof; and E, the central longitudinal roof-brace, all of which may be of the usual description.

At and close to the top of each windowopening formed on each side, between successive posts O, is journaled a guide-roller, G, extending the full width thereof, and another similar guide-roller,H, isjournaled to and be tween the corresponding roof-braces D on each side of and close to the longitudinal roof-brace E. A spring winding-roller, l, of any ordinary or approved description, is also journaled to suitable brackets on the said crossbraces D between the two guide-rollers G and H. A flexible curtain or shade, K, adapted to cover the opening F,hasits inner edge sti-ffi ened by a cross rod or wire and connected by two or more cords, M, to the spring-roller I. The outer end of the curtain K is passed inward beneath and around the inner guideroller, H, outward and over the spring-roller I and guide-roller'G, from between which and the edge of the roof it issues. The arrangement is such that the spring-roller I will normally wind up the cords M anddraw almost the entire curtain up beneath the roof, as shown in Fig. 1, the wired outer end of the curtain being made too large to pass between the guideroller G and the roof, so that it will be retained thereat in position to be seized for lowering in opposition to the tension of the roller I.

The opposite side edges of all the curtains K are provided with series of eyes 0, to receive corresponding series ofdownwardly-projecting hooks P, fixed to the posts 0 and bottom rails, A A, so as to hold thecurtains down. \Vhen released from said books, the curtains will be automatically rolled up, as before.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

2. The combination, with the braced roof and the roof-supporting posts forming the open sides of the vehicle, of aguide-roller mounted across the top of a side opening, another guide-roller mounted beneath the niddle part of the roof, a spring-roller mounted beneath the roof in front of the latter guide-roller, a curtain passed around the two guide-rollers, and cords connecting the curtain to the spring-winding roller, substantially as de' scribed. 1

3. The combination, with the roof of a va hiole and the roof-supporting posts, of a guideroller journaled between the posts a short distance below the cross-braces of the top, a spring-roller journaled beneath the top, and a curtain connected to said spring-roller and passing between the guide-roller and the crossbrace, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN H. SHAUBAOH. Witnesses:

JOHN A. NEXsEN, WM. H. HAZZARD. 

